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Kenya’s Geoffrey Kirui broke away from American Galen Rupp over the last 2 miles to win the 2017 Boston Marathon in 2:09:37. Rupp finished 20 seconds behind in 2:09:57.

Both men broke away from a large pack of elites with about 10k to go. Many thought Rupp would outkick Kirui to the finish but that simply wasn’t the case as Kirui broke away with ease to secure the victory.

Top 10 Boston Marathon Men

Geoffrey Kirui – 2:09:37 (KEN)

Galen Rupp – 2:09:57 (USA)

Suguru Osako – 2:10:28 (JPN)

Shadrack Biwott – 2:12:08 (USA)

Wilson Chebet – 2:12:35 (KEN)

Abdi Abdirahman – 2:12:45 (USA)

Agustus Maiyo – 2:13:16 (USA)

Dino Sefir – 2:14:26 (ETH)

Luke Puskedra – 2:14:45 (USA)

Jared Ward – 2:15:28 (USA)

American Meb Keflezighi finished 2:17:01 in what he has said will be his last Boston Marathon as an elite competitor. His last race will be the New York City Marathon. Big thank you to Meb for all he has done for the sport and marathoning in the USA.

Congrats to Geoffrey and all the elite men on great performances today.

Galen Rupp set a new USA record for the 10K at the Prefontaine Classic on Friday night on the track at Hayward Field at the University of Oregon. Rupp ran a staggering time of 26:44:36 for the 10,000 meter race.

The record setting time is the fastest by an American, the second fastest on American soil and the 15th fastest 10K of all-time.

Galen Rupp has had a good month. This past weekend he set the USA 2-mile indoor record with a time of 8:07.41. He broke Bernard Lagat’s record of 8:09.49 set last year. Rupp had held the record prior to Lagat with a time of 8:09:.72

Earlier this month on January 16th, Rupp broke the American 5000m record with a time of 13:01.26.